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Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the courthouse.
Plot:
Title character Sebastian Stark is an L.A. hot-shot lawyer, who leaves his lucrative career as defender...
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Nominated for Primetime Emmy.
Another 2 nominations
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Who's Got Jokes? Picks It's Final Eight!
(From The Humor Mill. 23 November 2009, 1:31 AM, PST)
Show Killers: Lindsay Price and other suspects
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 12 November 2009, 8:55 AM, PST)
(From The Humor Mill. 23 November 2009, 1:31 AM, PST)
Show Killers: Lindsay Price and other suspects
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 12 November 2009, 8:55 AM, PST)
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Great character, great setup... great show?
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Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 9 of 68) | James Woods | ... | Sebastian Stark (38 episodes, 2006-2008) |
 | Danielle Panabaker | ... | Julie Stark (38 episodes, 2006-2008) |
 | Sophina Brown | ... | Raina Troy (38 episodes, 2006-2008) |
 | Sarah Carter | ... | Madeleine Poe (38 episodes, 2006-2008) |
 | Jeri Ryan | ... | Jessica Devlin (38 episodes, 2006-2008) |
 | Vadim Mantelzak | ... | John (33 episodes, 2006-2008) |
 | Henry Simmons | ... | Isaac Wright (32 episodes, 2006-2008) |
 | Sam Page | ... | Casey Woodland (22 episodes, 2006-2007) |
 | Kevin Alejandro | ... | Danny Reyes (16 episodes, 2007-2008) |
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Argentina:60 min
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The absence of Jeri Ryan's character, Jessica Devlin, from the Season 2 episodes that were shot and aired after the 2007-2008 Writer's Strike is explained by saying that she is in Chicago caring for her ailing father.
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Raina Troy:
I got something on the Abbot case.
Sebastian Stark: That's like bringing the jaws of life to a graveyard.
Raina Troy: I've been going through the tributes to Steve Abbott online.
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Raina Troy: 'I'm devastated by the loss of a good friend. Steve's suicide is a terrible tragedy.' That was written by Rick Karras.
Danny Reyes: So, he misses his buddy. What's the big deal?
Raina Troy: Try this. This was posted a day BEFORE Steve Abbott's death was publically ruled as suicide.
Sebastian Stark: At the time of the posting, everybody thought that Steve Abbot was murdered.
Jessica Devlin: There's no way Karras could have known Kelly moved the gun 'til a full day later.
Raina Troy: Unless he discovered the body before she showed up.
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Sebastian Stark: That's like bringing the jaws of life to a graveyard.
Raina Troy: I've been going through the tributes to Steve Abbott online.
[reading transcript]
Raina Troy: 'I'm devastated by the loss of a good friend. Steve's suicide is a terrible tragedy.' That was written by Rick Karras.
Danny Reyes: So, he misses his buddy. What's the big deal?
Raina Troy: Try this. This was posted a day BEFORE Steve Abbott's death was publically ruled as suicide.
Sebastian Stark: At the time of the posting, everybody thought that Steve Abbot was murdered.
Jessica Devlin: There's no way Karras could have known Kelly moved the gun 'til a full day later.
Raina Troy: Unless he discovered the body before she showed up.
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Spoofed in "That Mitchell and Webb Look: (#2.2)" (2008)
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The pilot for "Shark" was directed by Spike Lee. I honestly couldn't tell. There's nothing about it that is particularly cinematic or edgy.
But the premise is pretty neat. A highly paid, highly successful defense lawyer - James Woods - is forced into service on the other side of the barrister. He is now a district attorney for the state of California. Plus, he's asked to go after the same celebrities he used to defend.
So the episode plots of "Shark" could have it both ways - indulge in the scintillating glitz and seedy glamour of Hollywood while simultaneously bringing those sinners down every week. All with a great, snarky, brash anti-hero.
Unfortunately, the last third of the pilot started to get a little sappy and predictable (the main character begins to soften a little too quickly for my taste, no doubt helped by his unrealistically wise and aware daughter), but I still have hope.